Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that he expects Hamas to be given an ultimatum on its disarmament “in the coming days,” and that “in the end,” Israel will occupy the Gaza Strip and reestablish Jewish settlements in the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Why US moved from backing Iran protests to nuclear talks
The current standoff with Iran raises several questions. But two, in particular, stand out.The first is this: if, as US President Donald Trump said immediately after last June’s 12-Day War with Iran, the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program was…
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Anti-government student protests spread to more Iranian universities
A fresh wave of anti-government protests at several Iranian universities that began on Saturday has spread to more campuses.
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US forces to complete withdrawal from Syria within a month: sources to AFP
The US forces that led the coalition against the Islamic State group will complete their withdrawal from Syria within a month, three sources told AFP on Monday, as troops began leaving a major base.
The withdrawal comes as Syria’s government…
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US forces to complete withdrawal from Syria within a month
The US forces that led the coalition against the Islamic State group will complete their withdrawal from Syria within a month, three sources told AFP on Monday, as troops began leaving a major base.
The withdrawal comes as Syria’s government has…
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Iran signs €500 million arms deal with Russia for MANPADs
Iran agreed to a 500 million Euros arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles, London-based outlet Financial Times reported on Sunday.This comes as part of an effort to rebuild Iran’s air defenses, which were…
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Netanyahu: An attack on Israel would be ‘most serious mistake’ in Iranian history
If Iran attacks Israel, it will be “perhaps the most serious mistake in their history,” warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, threatening an overwhelming response to any aggression.
Speaking during a so-called…
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Risk of ‘escalation’ if Iran attacked: deputy foreign minister
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi warned of a wider escalation if his country was attacked, after US President Donald Trump raised the threat of strikes.
Trump has sent a major deployment of air and sea power to the Middle East and…
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Iraq says Turkey to take back citizens among IS detainees
Iraq’s foreign minister said on Monday that Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks.Iraq took in the…
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Here is what to know about Kuwait-Iraq maritime dispute
Arab Gulf countries expressed support for Kuwait’s sovereignty after Iraq sent a revised map of its maritime borders that reignited a decades-old dispute over sea boundaries between the two neighbors.
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